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Public Lecture Series ~ Sunday Afternoons  4:00–5:30 pm   
Suggested Donation:   $5.00–$10.00       (special events vary)

All events are held in the lending library, at:

717 Broadway Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98103 (206) 323-4281
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    Sunday lectures start at 4:00pm - special events scheduled as noted
    Parking may be difficult, so please allow extra time to arrive.
   


 * * *   Unless otherwise noted, all events are on Sunday afternoons  4:00–5:30 pm   * * *

Our non-profit library is largely funded by donations. If you would like to support us in keeping our library active, please consider sending a donation to the Library Manager Fund.  For a limited time, all donations we receive will be matched by a member donor. We appreciate your support. 

Bookshop hours:   Mon, Thurs - Sun. 11am - 7pm,  Tues and Wed. 11am - 6pm
Lending Library:     Mon - Wed 12pm - 5pm,  Sat, Sun 1pm  - 6pm 
 

Sunday, January 11, 2009   4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation

Dharma and Daily Life
Minor Lile

Dharma is a Sanskrit word with multiple levels of meaning, including truth, virtue, and calling, referring in each case to those essential qualities or characteristics that each of us carry as individuals.  This program will offer a practical look at how each of us can better understand the meaning and purpose of our lives in the context of day to day experiences and encounters. 

Minor has been a member of the Theosophical Society for nearly twenty years, and has consistently found value in returning to first principles of the theosophical tradition.  The series will include lecture, discussion and experiential learning.


Sunday, January 18, 2009   4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation

The Second Ecology
David Spangler

There exists all around us, usually unseen and unheard, a second ecology, a vast realm whose landscapes are shaped from consciousness and whose inhabitants wear bodies of energy, not matter.  Based on his more than fifty years of experience with this realm, David will offer his insights into this world, the beings within it, and its relationship to us.

David Spangler is an internationally known spiritual teacher, a former director of the Findhorn Foundation community, and director of education for the Lorian Association.  He is the author of many books on spirituality and teaches a number of classes online over the Internet at www.Lorian.org.
 


Sunday, January 25, 2009   4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation

Yoga: The Next Step for Humanity?
Salvatore Zambito

Politicians haven't saved the world, and probably can't ... or won't.  Only spiritual maturity and the expansion of personal evolution - manifesting as the acceptance of deepened personal responsibility - can achieve this end.  The Yogic disciplines provide the paths for conscious maturation at personal and collective levels.

Salvatore is the founder of the Yoga-Sūtras Institute and author of The Unadorned Thread of Yoga: The Yoga-Sūtra of Patańjali in English.   His teaching areas span meditation, the Yoga-Sūtras, anatomy, kinesiology, and physiology.  He is on staff at several yoga centers and ashrams, the most notable being the Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama in R’shikesh, India.


Sunday, February 15, 2009   4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation

Sound Practice For Health and Wellness
Leonie Van Gelder

Sound has been used as a healing modality throughout time and cultures.  In this session we will use our voices, listen to music and experience how sound resonates within us and around us.

Leonie Van Gelder, a lifelong Theosophist has studied with Pat Moffitt Cook founder of the Open Ear Center, and a pioneer in research and applications of cross-cultural sound and music in healing.  Leonie is a massage therapist in Seattle and works to integrate sound into her massage practice.
 

Saturday, February 21, 2009   10am-4pm
Workshop: $25 - $40 Requested Donation

Understanding and Using the Power of Hope at the End of Life
Cathy Fanslow-Brunjes

This workshop will enable participants to increase their personal death awareness, understand their own System of Hope in life and death and understand the changing Hope Systems of loved ones or others. This will enable them to assist the dying on their final life into death journey in a more realistic and effective manner.

Cathy Fanslow-Brunjes MA, RN has been working with the dying and their loved ones for over 35+ years in Home Health Care and a variety of Hospice and Palliative Care settings. She has authored a new book Using the Power of Hope to Cope with Dying: The Four Stages of Hope.


Sunday, February 22, 2009   4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation

Introduction to Alchemy
Robert Bartlett

This presentation will introduce Alchemy and teach you how to make spagyric tinctures for health and spiritual growth.

Robert Bartlett, author of 'Real Alchemy, A Primer of Practical Alchemy' and 'The Way of the Crucible', has been a chemist and Alchemist for 30 years. Graduating from Boise State University with a degree in Chemistry, he attended Paracelsus College under the tutelage of Frater Albertus (Albert Reidel), eventually becoming his Chief Chemist at Paralab, the commercial offshoot of the Alchemy School. He has taught classes at Bastyr U and in the Seattle area and is a key member of the International Alchemy Guild.


Sunday, March 01, 2009   4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation

My Near Death Experience
Betsy Bergstrom

Join Betsy Bergstrom as she shares the story, the enduring messages and practical advice for living and healing that she received in her 1991 NDE.

Betsy Bergstrom is a Shamanic Practitioner who has studied with shamans and healers from many cultures and countries.  She has worked in various fields of alternative healing for 20+ years.  Her work was immeasurably focused and strengthened by her near death experience.


Sunday, March 08, 2009   4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation

Schemes, Chains, & Rounds
Ed Alden

Theosophy describes our Universe as an immense field of Evolution and Becoming, organized into numerous periods and cycles.  This presentation will discuss some of those related to our Solar System and planet.

Ed is a long time Theosophist and member of the Seattle Lodge.


Sunday, March 15, 2009   4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation

Emergence, Mystery and Wholeness - The Language of Symbols
Minor Lile

From the vantage point of the mind, we live in a world of symbols.  Whether we are aware of it or not, the language of the symbolic world continuously informs and influences our perceptions.  To consciously work with the symbols that have meaning in our lives is both richly rewarding and enlivening.  In this presentation, Minor Lile will share his own story around working with the symbolism of intersecting circles (the mandorla or vesica pisces) and offer suggestions for your own explorations.

Minor has been a member of the Theosophical Society for nearly twenty years, and has consistently found value in returning to first principles of the theosophical tradition.

 
Sunday, March 22, 2009   4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation

Hylozoics
Jim Riddell, Stanton Stevens, Lee Thomas

Hylozoics, taught by Pythagoras, posits that reality has three aspects: matter, motion, consciousness.  We will discuss how these aspects relate to the law of rebirth, the law of sowing and reaping, and the evolution of consciousness.  These teachings are drawn from The Knowledge of Reality by Henry T. Laurency.

Jim Riddell, Stanton Stevens and Lee Thomas, long time students of the writings of Laurency, Alice  A. Bailey, and Theosophical authors, will lead the discussion.

 
Sunday, March 29, 2009   4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation

Journey From Many To One
Swami Bhaskarananda

Swami Bhaskarananda will present an exposition of the core ideas of Advaita Vedanta, discussing the underpinnings of a philosophy that has intrigued Hindus and non-Hindus alike over the years.

Swami Bhaskarananda is president of the Vedanta Society of Western Washington and spiritual head of the Vedanta Societies in Hawaii and Vancouver.  He has authored several books including Journey From Many to One: Essentials of Advaita Vedanta.

* * *   Unless otherwise noted, all events are on Sunday afternoons  4:00–5:30 pm   * * *

Our non-profit library is largely funded by donations. If you would like to support us in keeping our library active, please consider sending a donation to the Library Manager Fund.  For a limited time, all donations we receive will be matched by a member donor. We appreciate your support.

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